City department
Appears in 13 stories · Last updated Nov 11, 2026
Staff support for the BZA; receives public comments
Alexandria's Board of Zoning Appeals had David and Rachel Helmreich's side-yard variance request for 208 Virginia Avenue on its Nov. 9 agenda. The case, BZA2026-00017, asks the board to let the couple build a garage within the side-yard setbacks, the strips of land R-8 zoning requires between a house and the property line.
Updated 2 hours ago
Staffed the text amendment
Alexandria has rules for residential lots that are smaller than current zoning allows. On Nov. 14, the City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing and final vote on an ordinance that would rewrite those rules.
Updated 6 hours ago
Provides staff support to the BZA
Alexandria's Board of Zoning Appeals postponed the 9 Potomac Court deck case again on October 19, 2026. Ronnie Vassalo Jr. and Mary Savino asked for the delay so a full board could hear it; four members attended.
Updated Nov 3
Staff support for BZA; accepts public comments
Alexandria's Board of Zoning Appeals will hear a request on November 9 to allow a 6-foot fence in the front yard of a townhouse at 3337 King Street. Applicant Joseph Delmontagne seeks a variance from the city's front-yard fence rules for the property, zoned RB/Townhouse.
Updated Oct 27
Staff support; accepts public comments before the hearing
Alexandria's Board of Zoning Appeals voted 4-0 on October 19 to let Vivek Narula add a second story to his house at 520 East Mount Ida Avenue, with the addition inside the required side yard. The R-2-5 single-family zoning normally blocks that.
Updated Oct 24
Recommended council affirm the renumbering; council instead affirmed the appeal Oct. 17
Alexandria's City Council voted Oct. 17 to leave both Russell Road addresses as they are, granting the first appeal filed under the city's new renumbering ordinance. The house at 3600 keeps the number it has carried since 1939, and 3600½ stays 3600½ rather than becoming 3578.
Proposing ZTA #2026-00003
Alexandria's City Council closed its public hearing on Oct. 17 and approved the Planning Commission's recommendation to end the 50-year permit rule for undersized lots. The council's action docket records the approval; the formal minutes, once approved, are the official record.
Updated Oct 21
Staff review of the Howell Avenue application concluded with the Oct 17 approval; substandard-lot rules remain before the council
The City Council approved a two-unit dwelling at 501 East Howell Avenue on Oct 17, closing the public hearing and accepting the Planning Commission's 7-0 recommendation. The permit lets OV900 LLC build a duplex on a lot zoned for single-family homes that the city considers substandard because it predates current minimum-lot rules.
Reviews applications and advises the commission
The City Council approved a special use permit for the lot with no street frontage at 108-110 North Quaker Lane at its Oct. 17 hearing. The hearing's action docket records that the council closed the public hearing and approved the Planning Commission's 7-0 recommendation.
Reviews special use permit applications and prepares staff reports
Alexandria's City Council approved a request Sept. 19 to turn a garage-and-storage building at 911 C & D Pendleton Street into a three-story townhome. The lot has no street frontage, so the conversion needed two special use permits. The Planning Commission backed the plan 6-0 on Sept. 1.
Updated Oct 18
Staff recommended approval of the vacation
City Council on Sept. 19 gave final passage to the ordinances vacating the unbuilt southern end of Kent Place next to 2702 and 2800 Russell Road (ORD. NO. 5650 and 5651), completing vacations first approved 4-2 in April. The vacated area is 7,620 square feet of unimproved, wooded right-of-way. Both parcels become private land once the owners pay their appraised values.
Administers zoning applications and advises BZA
The Alexandria Board of Zoning Appeals voted 6-0 on September 14 to approve a special exception for the side-yard addition at 908 Beverley Drive. The approval lets owners Timothy Fetsch and Louise Muth build into the side yard, where R-8 residential zoning normally requires an open setback.
Staffs the BZA and processes variance applications
The Alexandria Board of Zoning Appeals approved Scott Fleming's request for a rear-yard variance at 3333 Helen Street on September 14, 2026. The board voted 6-0 to allow the two-story addition that extends into the setback required by the RB (Residential Townhouse) district.
No stories match your search
Try a different keyword
How would you like to describe your experience with the app today?
